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GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers showed last night how dangerous they
can be when they are at full strength, overwhelming the Minnesota Vikings 24-10 in an NFC wild-card
game that was never really close.

John Kuhn had two touchdowns, DuJuan Harris added another and Rodgers connected with an NFL
playoff-record 10 receivers as he passed for 274 yards.

Defensively, the Packers (12-5) finally managed to contain Adrian Peterson and were all over
Vikings backup Joe Webb, pressed into service because of an elbow injury to Christian Ponder.

Peterson was held to 99 yards; he had gained 199 and 210 in two regular-season games against
Green Bay. Webb, who hadn’t thrown a pass all season, was sacked three times and was off-target all
night. His only highlight was a 50-yard scoring pass to Michael Jenkins late in the fourth
quarter.

Rodgers led touchdown drives of 82, 62 and 80 yards as the Packers built a 24-3 lead.

The Packers next play at San Francisco on Saturday for a spot in the NFC championship game.

This was the third game in six weeks between Green Bay and the Vikings, and the second in six
days. The Packers’ loss in Minnesota last weekend cost them the No. 2 seed in the NFC, along with a
bye this weekend, and left them looking vulnerable going into the playoffs. But with Charles
Woodson back from a broken collarbone that had kept him out since Oct. 21 and Rodgers having all
four of his top receivers for the first time since Sept. 30, Green Bay looked like a team that
could make the kind of deep run it made two years ago, when it won the Super Bowl.

Webb ran five times for 60 yards but completed only seven of his first 20 passes for 61 yards.
He became the first quarterback to start a playoff game without starting any games during that
regular season since Frank Reich did so for Buffalo after the 1992 season.

Reich rallied the Bills from a 35-3 deficit to defeat Houston in a first-round game.

Rodgers didn’t let up after the Packers took a 17-3 halftime lead. The Vikings had the Packers
stopped for a field-goal attempt on fourth-and-4, but they were called for 12 men on the field when
Jasper Brinkley couldn’t make it to the sideline in time, and the penalty gave the Packers just
enough yards to keep going.

Rodgers found Kuhn open on the next play, and he barged into the end zone by barreling over
Jamarca Sanford at the goal line for a 24-3 lead.

The game was another benchmark for Rodgers.

Despite leading the Packers to a Super Bowl title after the 2010 season, he had not won a
playoff game at Lambeau Field until last night.